Oh,
Now I see that the placement of the apostrophe is after the s in doctors.
I have no previous knowledge of placing an apostrophe after the last letter
to signify plurality. All these years of reading and I have never noticed
this.
Well better late than never to learn. Thanks to all of you for helping me
to understand and learn. English grammar is not a strong point for me
as you can tell. I love learning Paali.

mitto,
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On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Ong Yong Peng <palismith@...> wrote:

> Dear James and Ria,
>
> this is the original question.
>
> 16. The doctors' teacher calls the child's uncle.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, James Whelan wrote:
>
> To suggest that the whole group has overlooked that doctor's is most likely
> to be a single doctor is itself to overlook the fact that as a matter of
> simple English and simple Pali, doctor's can only be singular and has to be
> vejjassa, and doctors' can only be plural and has to be vejjaana.m
>
> > Please see the original at VRI:
> http://www.vri.dhamma.org/publications/pali/primer/lesson06.html
>
>
>


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